An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may have looked like in battle. For 140 years, archaeologists concluded a grave in the small town was for male warrior, but new evidence ...

In a study released Wednesday in the journal Nature, scientists describe this process and how it led to the finding that Vikings were present in Newfoundland in 1021 A.D.Their study of the ...

Janice Sellers, a professional genealogist in Gresham, Oregon, has studied her family’s history for decades, and she’s uncovered a few twists along the way. In 2016, genetic testing revealed ...

The researchers looked at ancient DNA spanning 2,000 years of Scandinavian history from such remains to piece together a comprehensive look at the movement of peoples into the region during the ...

A new genetic study has determined that dogs buried in the Viking Age cemetery of Luistari in Eura, southwestern Finland, ...

The Viking hoard was buried in around AD 900 and contains extraordinary items, including brooches, bracelets, pendants and ...

Vikings may have practiced ancient form of plastic surgery 1,000 years ago, study suggests. ... The Viking age in European history was from about 700 to 1100 AD.

The ancient runic alphabet, used by Germanic peoples centuries ago prior to the adoption of the Latin alphabet, remains one of the most enigmatic early writing systems. Chief among its mysteries is ...